Hey everybody!! Just a few questions about your elbows!
1. During the freestyle recovery, how high do you need to have your elbows? some say 90 degrees to your shoulder at the height...but watching the Olympics and the SCM World Championships...It looked like they had their elbows a lot lower.
2. During the underwater pull on backstroke, do you bend your elbows or not? I dont' because sometimes it hurts the inside of my elbows and I feel like I get a better pull going straight back.
3. During the butterfly recovery, do you bend your elbows or not? I've seen people with little to none and people who almost drag their fingertips.
Thanx to everyone for all your help!!
~Kyra
Originally posted by Seagurl51
2. During the underwater pull on backstroke, do you bend your elbows or not? I dont' because sometimes it hurts the inside of my elbows and I feel like I get a better pull going straight back.
All your other questions are somewhat debateable. This one is not. You should definitely bend your elbows in the backstroke pull.
If you have a good internet connection you might want to look at some of the videos here: www.swim.ee/.../index.html
You'll see a variety of stroke styles, but all have one thing in common--they're effective. There is no one correct way to do any stroke (but you definitely want to bend your elbows in backstroke).
Originally posted by Seagurl51
2. During the underwater pull on backstroke, do you bend your elbows or not? I dont' because sometimes it hurts the inside of my elbows and I feel like I get a better pull going straight back.
All your other questions are somewhat debateable. This one is not. You should definitely bend your elbows in the backstroke pull.
If you have a good internet connection you might want to look at some of the videos here: www.swim.ee/.../index.html
You'll see a variety of stroke styles, but all have one thing in common--they're effective. There is no one correct way to do any stroke (but you definitely want to bend your elbows in backstroke).
